Watch the moon phases and libration for 2024, as seen from Earth's Southern Hemisphere, in this time-lapsed animation that is set at hourly intervals. Video credit: NASA's Scientific Visualization Stu ...

Think of the phases labeled "new moon," "first quarter," "full moon," and "third quarter" as the numbers 12, 9, 6, and 3 on a clock, respectively. (For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, the ...

The Moon does look upside down in the Southern Hemisphere compared to the Northern Hemisphere. It is simply a matter of orientation.

The Harvest Moon is the full moon that occurs closest to the autumnal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere (named vernal equinox in the Southern Hemisphere). This year, it falls on September 18th.